Science & Society: Sport Science

This is part of 'Science & Society', a series of free public talks about science, technology, and the humanities from the Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society

Sport science - A presentation of two halves: (1) Heart-stopping action, (2) Against the run of play?

Dr Peter Olsen, Ara Institute of Canterbury

Peter will discuss research undertaken on cardiovascular events during the men’s Rugby World Cups (RWC) in 1999-2011 to uncover if there was literally heart-stopping action. In the second half of the presentation, there will be a discussion of research undertaken in women’s rugby, an area where there has been limited research.